Manda's (Amachan) Gaming Table

I started with the same armatures as before because they will easily fit into my existing scenery pieces. I twist up the armatures, cut some bits off for variety and then went on to painting them.

I didn’t prime them and started to apply a basecoat of Vallejo Model Air Brown Green (71.030) with my airbrush followed by a coat of Secret Weapon Wash Algea (W013). By the gods do Secret Weapon washes smell badly through the airbrush. I then followed this up by a drybrush coat of Vallejo Panzer Aces Old Wood (70.310) when the trees were dry.

I added a couple of vines to the trees as additional detail and I sprayed a Army Painter Anti-Shine aerosol varnish over them when done.

I didn’t want to go super cheap with these trees like the previous set, hint: they’re falling apart. I used Woodland Scenics Hob-e-Tac Adhesive on the branches and let that sit for a bit until it goes mostly transparent.

I got 2 bags of Woodland Scenics Bushes in different colours and I then liberally started sticking them to the branches. Be aware though, that glue is tacky, like really tacky, but when you pull on something stuck to it it will stretch until it comes loose. The Woodland Scenics Bushes are not normal clump foliage or something like that, they are more spongy and thus light-weight and look great in my opinion.

After I stuck on the bushes I sprayed some simple spray adhesive over the top and sprinkled a little bit of light flock of the trees for a bit texture. I let that sit for a while and then sprayed a heavily watered-down PVA over the trees to seal them in. Not sure that was entirely necessary though as some of the bushes did fall off, but the glue I used is still so tacky I just stick them back in.

And that is my new version 2 of my trees done.